Music in Wide Awake Hand Surgery

Rothman Institute Orthopaedics

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hand Surgery

Treatments: Procedure: Intraoperative Music

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04636463

AILY20D.1059

Details and patient eligibility

About

Wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) surgery has emerged as a popular technique in hand surgery over the last decade. It is possible that the unfamiliar sounds of the operating room could contribute to intraoperative patient anxiety during WALANT surgery. This study intends to investigate whether utilizing noise cancelling headphones and listening to music intraoperatively during WALANT hand surgery has an effect on patient anxiety, pain, and satisfaction.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 years old
• Already chose to undergo WALANT hand surgery with the participating surgeon

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Hand Surgery with Music

Experimental group

Description:

Participant undergoes surgery hand surgery using Wide Awake Local Anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) while listing to music

Treatment:

Procedure: Intraoperative Music

Hand Surgery without Music (Control Group)

No Intervention group

Description:

Participant undergoes surgery hand surgery using Wide Awake Local Anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) without listening to music